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Google Voice Arrives on iPad & iPod Touch

While you won't be able to walk around with your iPad on your ear like a giant phone, you will be able to use Google Voice to send and receive text messages and enjoy other Google Voice features with your Apple device.

It will let Google Voice users access their accounts from connected devices, get and send SMS texts, receive push notifications for new SMS messages and voicemail — basically everything except make voice calls directly from an iPad.

However, users still will be able to use Google's Click2Call feature in a rather roundabout way.

You'll be able to use your Apple device to initiate Google Voice calls by clicking the "Call" button in the app [iTunes link] on your iPod touch or iPad, then selecting which of your phones you want to ring. The app will then call your phone and connect your call. It seems complicated, but we're sure there are a few cases where this feature would come in handy.

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